Fundraising Collection (#8)

Four-year-old Emily Sylvester presents a £300 cheque to National Society for
Four-year-old Emily Sylvester presents a £ 300 cheque to National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children regional organiser Mr Russell Smith

Messing about on the water will be part of the fun of the 12th Marsden Festival this weekend. Hayley Shaw, 13, and Sarah Hewitt, 11, are seen getting things ready for the small model boat race

Money raising at Meltham... These three youngsters from the village have raised £; 40 for an overseas relief charity

Mass walkies - twenty-four dogs and walkers took part in this sponsored walk at Beaumont Park for the Huddersfield branch of the RSPCA

Checking the clues before setting out on a treasure hunt at Marsden are (from left) Nikki Wheeler, Deborah Waggoner and Kelly Wheeler

Singing out loud - these pupils of Bradley Infants School were among some 150 youngsters taking part in a 20-minute sponsored sing

Head girl Zoe Leeper presents a £101 cheque from The Mount School, Edgerton
Head girl Zoe Leeper presents a £ 101 cheque from The Mount School, Edgerton, to Mr Austin Clegg, honorary chairman of the Yorkshire branch of the Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary in Ramsbottom

Ready for the off - these youngsters were among 30 children who went on a sponsored walk this morning organised by Shelley Pre-School Playgroup

Ready for the off - these youngsters were among the children who went on a sponsored walk this morning organised by Shelley Pre-School Playgroup

Catherine Ward, secretary of Ravensthorpe Junior Missionary Association, starts a sponsored walk by Sunday School members and teachers from the North Road Methodist Church, Ravensthorpe, on Saturday

All smiles from marathon runner Tony Gill and some of the pupils at the school which will benefit from his efforts. Mr Gill, now a student at Liverpool University

Hat trick - Fireman Richard Hagger meets (from left) Wayne Routledge, Bryan Rhodes and John Rhodes at Mirfield fire stations open day

These two "jailbirds"will be making a break for freedom
These two " jailbirds" will be making a break for freedom and for charity later this month. The will join other teams taking part in a light-hearted break out from Lindholme Prison in

Ahoy There! These intrepid sailors get ready to take to the water for a sponsored sail which raised over £ 4, 000 - half for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund

Helpful people with a large cheque... thats Rawthorpe High Schools ancillary staff, who raised £ 276.25 for the bodyscanner

These fivers and tenners are destined for the bodyscanner coffers, thanks to the fund-raising efforts of (from left) Michelle, Daniel, Martin, Gary and Claire Whitwam

Take it steady... Wayne Nield tried his hand and the sand dip, which was one of the attractions in a charity carnival at a local pub

Boosting the bodyscanner are friends Stephen Dodds, 12 (right) and Jason Lodge, 11, who held two jumble sales in Kirkheaton to raise £ 40. 1st September 1987

Sliding to fund-raising success are these children, who will be joining the new St Barnabas Playgroup, Crosland Moor, when it opens on November 4

Its what friends are for... thats the message to 12-year-old Cowersley girl Rachel Bray from these children who have raised £ 22 for at £ 3

A leek casserole from Prince Charles and water-cress soup from the Princess of Wales were among the recipes in a book complied for the bodyscanner appeal

Nearly 400 pupils from Meltham CofE Junior and Infants School took part in a fun run - and raised £ 936 for charity

Cub Scout leader Bronwyn Brook, of the Golcar Baptist group, pictured with Cubs from Golcar and Paddock who helped in a " mile of stickers" event on the Piazza which raised around £

Write on... Mrs Margaret Kendall teaches youngsters at Scissett Middle School about calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwriting

Mighty moth... Genevieve and Gerard Peck Fun at the fair... six-year-old David Curry tries his hand at batting the rat t Dalton Junior School autumn fair

St Patricks for Peru... Pupils from St Patricks Junior and Infants School, Birkby, with a cheque for £ 1, 020 they raised for Peru when they walked 20 miles around the parishes in the deanery

Rachel Horner of Velma entertaining the crown at the Redcar Free Festival to raise funds for the South Cleveland lung Fund. 17th April 1995

Stockton Mayor Ken Craggs sets off the Thornaby Impasse centre members on their third annual fun run, members are dressed as Robin Hood and his merry men. 28th August 1986

These toddlers took their first steps in fundraising in a bid to raise cash for a growing estates new playgroup. Ingleby Barwick, 11th February 1987

A-dancing we will go... and thats what these young Ukrainian Club dancers did in Holmfirth where they raised £ 45 for the bodyscanner appeal

Hotshots... thats residents of Ashford Court, Highburton, who raised £107
Hotshots... thats residents of Ashford Court, Highburton, who raised £ 107.33 for the appeal with a street party and a hoedown

Fund raising Kirkburton youngsters Hayley Morgan and Vicki Hallan hand £112
Fund raising Kirkburton youngsters Hayley Morgan and Vicki Hallan hand £ 112.51 to Mrs Vivienne Pool of Candlelighter, the charity that helps children with cancer

Girls from Mount Methodist Brownie Pack are helping boost the Stop Press Stampede. The Brownies are busy collecting lots of used current issue

If you go down to the woods today... Golcar playgroup raised £; 110 for the Candlelighters childrens cancer charity at a Teddy Bears Picnic

Helping other children... these three Highburton youngsters decided to raise some charity cash after reading about others doing the same

Brain games... pupils at Rawthorpe High School have raised more than £; 300 for Help the Aged. The cash was raised by 50 pupils in a sponsored quiz

All our own work... three charity minded girls from Lepton have raised £; 35 for Huddersfield Royal Infirmarys Special Baby Care Unit

Two Taylor Hill girls have used their summer holidays to help others. Nicola Hodgson and Helen Blythe raised £ 70 by organising a jumble sale and they handed over the cash to Kirkwood Hospice

The children of Brunner Comprehensive School, Billingham, hope to raise £ 300 by selling imaginary bricks for the Middlesbrough Spastics Society centre in just two-weeks of fundraising

This group of Cleveland schoolchildren raised quite a few blisters and £; 500 for the Cleveland Spastics Society when they completed the arduous Lyke Wake Walk

Staff from a cash and carry in Darlington carried off the honours in a charity trolley push, The team from Booker Cash and Carry were regional winners of an around-Britain trolley push in aid of

The Liverpool Echo running team, gets in some roadwork, 19th September 1990. Ken Rogers on right

The Echo stair run team, training for charity event, 10th November 1989. L to R. Ken Rogers, Paul Byrne, Chris Walker, John Griffith Editor, Ann Todd, Pip Bellis, Caroline Storah and Neil Hodgson

Canned cash E EEnterprising youngsters Richard and Nicola McBride are halfway towards their £ 1000 target for guide dogs for the bline

Meltham Gala Queen Leanne Singleton presents a check for £400 to Anne Muff
Meltham Gala Queen Leanne Singleton presents a check for £ 400 to Anne Muff, officer in charge at Greenacres home for the elderly, in Meltham

Five athletic boys pounded the streets near their homes to raise £28
Five athletic boys pounded the streets near their homes to raise £ 28.00 for the hospice. E10 year olds Sebastian O Connor, Michael Senior, James Boyle and Oliver Butterfields

A group of fundraising Netherton girls raised £18. 50 for the Anne Diamond appeal
A group of fundraising Netherton girls raised £ 18.50 for the Anne Diamond appeal. ELaura Blezard 10, Jodie Woodhead 9, Sheryl Robertshaw 7

Fireman Paddy Flaherty made sure these youngsters had the right hat of the occasion when they visited Slaithwaite Fire Stations open day yesterday

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